 Rape seed and linseed are important cash crops; hides and skins are major export items.Although Coffee is also an important cash crop, less than 20 square kilometers are planted with it.Industry in the woreda includes quarries along the shore of Lake Langano and 29 grain mills employing 78 people, as well as 910 registered businesses of whom 15.7% are wholesalers, 30.9% retailers, and 53.3% service providers.